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Replace another MS Office subscription with a $15 lifetime license — only through Sept. 1

TL;DR: Pay $14.97 through Sept. 1 for a lifetime license to Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 on one Windows PC, with no recurring fees. A productivity suite shouldn’t necessarily become another permanent line on the monthly budget. Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 offers a familiar alternative: pay $14.97 once and install its seven included programs…

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Wall Street Giant Charles Schwab Makes Major Crypto Move Beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum

Charles Schwab announced it is expanding its recently released crypto trading business by adding three major altcoins. Just a few months after it launched its first notable cryptocurrency-focused platform, the Wall Street behemoth has expanded its offering beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum. The giant recently announced that its Schwab Crypto trading service will add Solana…

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Venezuela oil deal gives US 55% output share

President Donald Trump has announced an oil agreement that would give the United States a 55% effective output share in a new venture controlling 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan reserves. Summary The planned venture covers 17 Venezuelan oil fields with an estimated 65 billion barrels. A U.S. official said the United States would receive equity…

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Sony Music, Warner sue Anthropic, alleging a “brazen campaign” of intellectual property theft

Sony Music Publishing, Warner Chappell and numerous other music publishers have sued Anthropic and co-founders Dario Amodei and Benjamin Mann, alleging the AI lab conducted a “brazen campaign of illegally torrenting, scraping, and downloading copyrighted works.” The lawsuit, which was filed late Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, was…

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Hyperliquid gets first HIP-4 outcome DEX with OUT

Hyperliquid has received its first reported builder-deployed HIP-4 outcome exchange after OUT completed deployment through the network’s permissionless market framework. Summary OUT has become the first reported outcome DEX deployed through Hyperliquid’s HIP-4 framework. Deployers can create YES/NO markets using templates approved by Hyperliquid validators. HIP-4 contracts are fully collateralized and operate without leverage, funding…

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